v11i1.271

Published date: 23 May 2022
Pp. 1–3

EDITORIAL : Coronaviruses, bats, and museums

Burton K. Lim
Section Editor: Taprobanica, the journal of Asian Biodiversity

The past two years of the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us a lot about emerging diseases, but also transmission of infections and ways of preventing future outbreaks from spreading globally. However, there is still much to be learned, such as how the culprit coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 mutates into different variants, what is the intermediate host that allowed the virus to jump to humans, and a better understanding of immune responses to this severe acute respiratory illness.